diff --git a/3.13/alpine3.21/Dockerfile b/3.13/alpine3.21/Dockerfile
index 1c9b7356e..d6f29a256 100644
--- a/3.13/alpine3.21/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13/alpine3.21/Dockerfile
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 # set thread stack size to 1MB so we don't segfault before we hit sys.getrecursionlimit()
diff --git a/3.13/alpine3.22/Dockerfile b/3.13/alpine3.22/Dockerfile
index 735b364a5..49edee75b 100644
--- a/3.13/alpine3.22/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13/alpine3.22/Dockerfile
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 # set thread stack size to 1MB so we don't segfault before we hit sys.getrecursionlimit()
diff --git a/3.13/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.13/bookworm/Dockerfile
index ea88fd230..2114144f9 100644
--- a/3.13/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)"; \
diff --git a/3.13/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.13/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
index cf5b27355..092fab17f 100644
--- a/3.13/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)"; \
diff --git a/3.13/slim-trixie/Dockerfile b/3.13/slim-trixie/Dockerfile
index a9ce14210..b407b6a40 100644
--- a/3.13/slim-trixie/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13/slim-trixie/Dockerfile
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)"; \
diff --git a/3.13/trixie/Dockerfile b/3.13/trixie/Dockerfile
index 83926929f..608c2604c 100644
--- a/3.13/trixie/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13/trixie/Dockerfile
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)"; \
diff --git a/3.14-rc/alpine3.21/Dockerfile b/3.14-rc/alpine3.21/Dockerfile
index 5f46f3b9e..66ca2737d 100644
--- a/3.14-rc/alpine3.21/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.14-rc/alpine3.21/Dockerfile
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 # set thread stack size to 1MB so we don't segfault before we hit sys.getrecursionlimit()
diff --git a/3.14-rc/alpine3.22/Dockerfile b/3.14-rc/alpine3.22/Dockerfile
index 1f30afa17..cd97bbc5f 100644
--- a/3.14-rc/alpine3.22/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.14-rc/alpine3.22/Dockerfile
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 # set thread stack size to 1MB so we don't segfault before we hit sys.getrecursionlimit()
diff --git a/3.14-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.14-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile
index 4fe403475..6aedd2496 100644
--- a/3.14-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.14-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)"; \
diff --git a/3.14-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.14-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
index f0cf17438..be10f8f0c 100644
--- a/3.14-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.14-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)"; \
diff --git a/3.14-rc/slim-trixie/Dockerfile b/3.14-rc/slim-trixie/Dockerfile
index d79750465..177037ea5 100644
--- a/3.14-rc/slim-trixie/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.14-rc/slim-trixie/Dockerfile
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)"; \
diff --git a/3.14-rc/trixie/Dockerfile b/3.14-rc/trixie/Dockerfile
index d262a8323..dbe526339 100644
--- a/3.14-rc/trixie/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.14-rc/trixie/Dockerfile
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 		--with-ensurepip \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)"; \
diff --git a/Dockerfile-linux.template b/Dockerfile-linux.template
index b0ee03d7f..fef277a1c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-linux.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-linux.template
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		$(test "${gnuArch%%-*}" != 'riscv64' && echo '--with-lto') \
 {{ ) end -}}
 		--with-ensurepip \
+{{ if IN(rcVersion; "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12") then "" else ( -}}
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/947
+		--disable-gil \
+{{ ) end -}}
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 {{ if is_alpine then ( -}}